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TIRIZIS

TIRIZIS (Τίριζις, Strab. vii. p.319), a very projecting headland of Moesia in the Pontus Euxinus. The name varies, being written Τίριζα in Anon. (Perip. P. Eux. p. 13), Τιριστρίς or Τιριστρία ἄκρα by Ptolemy (3.10.8), and Tiristis by Mela (2.2). Now Cape Gülgrad.

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